Training on Deaf Human Rights and Legal Access by Philippine Deaf Resource Center

This is a letter sent by the Philippine Deaf Resource Center last November 23, 2010. I got this source from Dr. Therese Bustos of the University of the Philippines Diliman, Special Education Department. Teacher Therese as many calls Dr. Bustos is a well-known advocate of the deaf.

Please note the deadline stated in this letter is December 2010. However, according to Dr. Bustos this letter was just sent to her. So if you want to apply as a participant in the training, do call 9218521 to ask for details.

If in case the application is indeed extended and you are interested to apply, leave your e-mail details in the comments box below so I can send you the word format/.doc format of the application form.

Good luck!

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We would like to inform you that the Philippine Deaf Resource Center (PDRC) will be conducting a Deaf Human Rights and Legal Access Training on different Knowledge Development Center (KDC) sites between November 2010 and March 2011. This is part of the
project “Strategies for attaining legal access and safeguarding human rights of the deaf in the
Philippines” funded by Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), in partnership with Philippine Federation of the Deaf (PFD) and its affiliate member organizations, and Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services, Inc. (IDEALS), and World Bank - Knowledge for Development Centers (WB-KDC).

The Philippine Deaf Resource Center (PDRC) in the previous years had spearheaded the
project “Equal Access to Communication for the Deaf in Legal Proceedings,” one of the winning entries in the 2nd Philippine Development Innovation Marketplace of the World Bank 2006 Panibagong Paraan Grant Competition. This project was funded by the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) through the Asia Foundation which provided various forums for lawyers and the general public and the publication “Full Access: A Compendium on Sign Language Advocacy and Access of the Deaf to the Legal System.”


To continue the efforts of the Philippine Deaf Resource Center (PDRC) with regard to Deaf
human rights and legal access, a series of trainings will be conducted with the following
objectives: to increase awareness and provide training regarding human rights of the deaf
among Deaf and hearing advocates in each region. The training will consist of two parts: prevideo conferences wherein modules and assignments will be sent to each participant and video conference sessions where different participants in each region will go to the University KDC site and will be connected via videoconference with project legal consultants transmitting from the World Bank- KDC in Ortigas, Pasig.

In connection with this, we would like to invite you to apply as a participant for the training. It is our aim to bring together individuals from various backgrounds (i.e. Deaf, hearing, academe, non-government organizations, and local government units, government agencies) to learn from the training and to strengthen advocacy for the deaf.

Please find attached the application form for the training. The deadline for application is on
30 December 2010. Accomplished forms may be submitted by express mail to PDRC office at
#27, K-7th Street, West Kamias, Quezon City 1102, or may be emailed to deafhrlatraining@gmail.com or sent by fax at (63-2) 921-8521. The PDRC Selection Committee will be selecting the qualified training participants. If you are successfully chosen as one of the training participants, we will notify you through text message and email. Further instructions such as the venue of the KDC site in your area and the dates of the actual video conference will be sent to you through text and email. If you have questions, please get in touch with Ms. Jonnabelle Asis, Training Coordinator for hearing participants (Smart) 09209068861 or Ms. Melissa Rabang, Deaf Training Coordinator at (Globe) 09166087873 or Ms. Naty Natividad, Project Manager at (Globe) 09266742794, (Sun) 09329601151.

We look forward to receiving your application form. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
ATTY. ROSARIO OLIVAS-GALLO
Lead Legal Consultant
Deaf Human Rights and Legal Access Training

Noted by:
DR. LIZA B. MARTINEZ MARITES RACQUEL CORPUZ
PDRC Director PDRC Project Leader

Contact Details:
27 K-7 Street, West Kamias, Q.C. 1102 Tel/Fax 921-8521 Mobile (Globe) 0927-528-8662 (Smart) 0918-497-5542
pdrc@phildeafres.org www.phildeafres.org
Philippine Deaf Resource Center

ABOUT THE TRAINING FACILITATOR AND TRAINING CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS
Training Facilitator and Writers

ATTY. ROSARIO OLIVAS-GALLO is a litigation lawyer. She is the legal counsel for the Philippine Deaf Resource Center (PDRC), Support and Empower Abused Deaf Children (SEADC), and Filipino Deaf Women's Health and Crisis Center (FDWHCC).
She is the Vice Dean of the College of Law at the De La Salle University. She is specializing on women's rights, children's rights, and rights of persons with disabilities. She is also a member of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG). For five years, she was Chief Executive Officer of Christian Solidarity Worldwide - Hong Kong (CSW-HK), an international human rights organization that speaks up for persecuted Christians. She teaches criminal procedure and special proceedings at the College of Law of the University of the Philippines. She received her Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of the
Philippines.

ATTY. MELISSA BANZON is an Associate Lawyer, Migrants' Defense Program of the IDEALS (Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services, Inc.). She formulated a legal framework to regularize thousands of undocumented migrant Filipino workers in Sabah, Malaysia (featured in the Business Mirror, April 5, 2010). She wrote an analysis on the legality and constitutionality of posting the identities of top illegal recruiters with pending warrants of arrest. She drafted the Executive Order giving migrant Filipino workers majority representation in the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Board of
Trustees. She was commissioned by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies to write critique on Philippine migration laws and policies. She represented migrant Filipino workers in complaints for illegal dismissal and recruitment violations against recruitment agencies. She held free legal clinics for migrant Filipino workers in Sabah, Malaysia and Hong Kong on labor, immigration, family and property law issues.

ATTY. MARWIL LLASOS is an Associate Lawyer, Land Rights-Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, of the IDEALS (Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services, Inc.). He is a professorial lecturer at the Siena College of Quezon City, a professor of Law, Centro Escolar University School of Law and Jurisprudence; a lecturer at the Training and Convention Division, Law Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman; and also a lecturer at the Institute of Government and Law Reform, Law Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman. He is an instructor at The Manila Times Institute for Paralegal Studies. He wrote the Module on the Urban Development and Housing Act (Part I); Manual for Paralegal Training of Urban Poor Leaders, Institute of Human Rights; Synthesis on Farmers’ Rights as Human Rights and Human Rights as Human Rights, Proceedings on the Round Table Discussion on Farmers’ Rights as Human Rights, Institute of Human Rights and Southeast Asia Research Initiatives for Community Empowerment (SEARICE).

For more information about Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services, Inc. (IDEALS) visit their website at http://www.ideals.org.ph/


Deaf Consultants
MS. MELISSA RABANG is the Deaf Training Assistant, Deaf Human Rights and Legal Access Project. She is a graduate of Bachelor in Applied Deaf Studies major in Multimedia Arts at College of Saint Benilde, De La Salle University.


MR. RAPHAEL DOMINGO is the current adviser of the Philippine Federation of the Deaf-Youth Section and the former President of the Philippine Federation of the Deaf from 1999 to 2003. He is a graduate of Bachelor in Applied Deaf Studies at College of Saint Benilde, De La Salle University. He was the Project Coordinator of World Federation of the Deaf- Asia and the Pacific in 2008 for the Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People.

Contact Details:
27 K-7 Street, West Kamias, Q.C. 1102 Tel/Fax 921-8521 Mobile (Globe) 0927-528-8662 (Smart) 0918-497-5542
pdrc@phildeafres.org www.phildeafres.org
Philippine Deaf Resource Center

WORLD BANK - KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTERS DIRECTORY LIST
KDC NAGA
Ateneo de Naga University KDC
James O'Brien Library, Ateneo Avenue
4400 Naga City, Bicol
Contact person: Gemma Lee Nebres
Tel: (63-54) 472-2368 local 2131
KDC Hours: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Monday - Friday; 9:00 AM -
2:00 PM, Saturday

KDC ILOILO
Central Philippine University KDC
GF Henry Luce III Library, Lopez Jaena Street
5000 Jaro, Iloilo City
Contact person: Dimpna C. Castigador
Tel: (63-33) 329-1971 local 1012; 321-3714
KDC Hours: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM,
Monday - Friday; Saturday by special arrangement only


KDC COTABATO
Notre Dame University KDC
University Library
Notre Dame Avenue 9600 Cotabato City, Maguindanao
Contact person: Sonia dela Cruz
Tel: (63-64) 421-9942; 421-2698 local 325
KDC Hours: 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM, Monday - Friday; 7:30 AM -
5:00 PM, Saturday



KDC PUERTO PRINCESA
Palawan State University KDC
Graduate School - Law Building, Manalo Campus,
Valencia Street
5300 Puerto Princesa City, Palawan
Contact person: Marilou Nambatac
Tel: (63-48) 434-2707
KDC Hours: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM,
Monday - Friday;
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Saturday



KDC TUGUEGARAO
Saint Paul University Philippines KDC
3F Learning Resource Center, Mabini Street
3500 Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Valley
Contact person: Ronald Sumait
Tel: (63-78) 844-1863, local 119
KDC Hours: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Monday; 8:00 AM - 5:00
PM, Tuesday - Saturday



KDC DUMAGUETE
Silliman University KDC
University Library
6200 Dumaguete, Negros Oriental
Contact person: Gemma Plasabas
Tel: (63-35) 422-6002 local 517; 422-7208
KDC Hours: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM,
Monday - Saturday;
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Sunday



KDC CEBU
University of San Carlos KDC
University Library
P. Del Rosario Street 6000 Cebu City
Contact person: Concon Cabarron
Tel: (63-32) 253- 1000 local 126
KDC Hours: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Monday - Saturday



KDC DAVAO
University of Southeastern Philippines
Inigo Street, Obrero 8000 Davao City, Davao del Sur
Contact person: Resty Macarayo
Tel: (63-82) 221-0084, 225-4726 local 223
KDC Hours: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 1:00 - 5:00 PM, Monday;
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 1:00 - 6:00 PM, Tuesday - Friday; 8:00
AM - 5:00 PM, Saturday



WORLD BANK KDC
GF The Taipan Place, F. Ortigas Jr. Road
(former Emerald), Ortigas Center
1605 Pasig City
Contact persons: Vincent Abrigo
Tel: (63-2) 917-3034
Fax: (63-2) 636-2866
KDC Hours: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Tuesday - Friday
Web: www.worldbank.org.ph/kdc



*For Manila-based participants, please choose one batch number for your preferred dates of training.
DEAF HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL ACCESS TRAINING SCHEDULE OF TRAINING – Manila Based
BATCH* PRE-VC1 PRE-VC2 PRE-VC3 VC1 VC2 VC3
BATCH 1 Jan 5 (W) Jan 6 (Th) Jan 7 (F) Jan 11 (T) Jan 12 (W) Jan 13 (Th)
BATCH 2 Jan 12 (W) Jan 13 (Th) Jan 14 (F) Jan 18 (T) Jan 19 (W) Jan 20 (Th)
BATCH 3 Feb 2 (W) Feb 3 (Th) Feb 4 (F) Feb 7 (M) Feb 8 (T) Feb 9 (W)
BATCH 4 Feb 9 (W) Feb 10 (Th) Feb 11 (F) Feb 14 (M) Feb 15 (T) Feb 16 (W)
BATCH 5 Feb 25 (F) Feb 28 (M) March 1 (T) March 2 (W) March 3 (Th) March 4 (F)


**For participants from other regions here are the training dates.
DEAF HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL ACCESS TRAINING SCHEDULE OF TRAINING – Manila Based
KDC Site ** PRE-VC1 PRE-VC2 PRE-VC3 VC1 VC2 VC3
KDC Dumaguete Dec 9 (Th) Jan 13 (Th) Jan 27 (Th) Dec 10 (F) Jan 14 (F) Jan 28 (F)
KDC Naga Jan 5 (W) Jan 6 (Th) Jan 7 (F) Jan 11 (T) Jan 12 (W) Jan 13 (Th)
KDC Davao Jan 12 (W) Jan 13 (Th) Jan 14 (F) Jan 18 (T) Jan 19 (W) Jan 20 (Th)
KDC Tuguegarao Feb 2 (W) Feb 3 (Th) Feb 4 (F) Feb 7 (M) Feb 8 (T) Feb 9 (W)
KDC Palawan Feb 9 (W) Feb 10 (Th) Feb 11 (F) Feb 14 (M) Feb 15 (T) Feb 16 (W)
KDC Cebu Feb 25 (F) Feb 28 (M) March 1 (T) March 2 (W) March 3 (Th) March 4 (F)